Paul Otiende Amollo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: It would interest Members to know especially those who have spoken in favour of the parliamentary system that indeed the Committee of Experts (CoE) collected views from Kenya and the majority of Kenyans were in favour of a parliamentary system. It is only the Members who came before our time meeting in Naivasha, who in their wisdom, decided to change the wishes of Kenyans and indicated that many Kenyans in their view preferred a presidential system. That is how we have landed here. view
• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: However, I also wish to confirm that these amendments also help us achieve a very fundamental purpose that sometimes is overlooked in terms of Article 95 (2) which makes it an obligation of the National Assembly to receive and resolve issues of concern to citizens. Through this parliamentary Question Time, we are able to raise issues not just of concern to our own constituents but to the country at large. view
• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I am particularly happy with the amendments relating to friends of the committee. For the one year we have been here, I have attended committee meetings. Before that, I attended committee meetings mostly on the other side of the bar. I can confirm in my observations that a lot of time, those who have appeared as friends of committees have appeared to sabotage the work of the committee either on account of some ethnic consideration or some other caucusing on various considerations. I agree that, that needs to be tamed. I think these amendments are timely and I hope we ... view
• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: There are at least two more areas we will need to look at. Only last week, we were with some of the Members of the Speaker’s Panel and we were looking at the oversight committees of Parliament and we came to the collective conclusion that our Standing Orders are lagging behind the Constitution. We need to amend our Standing Orders to give teeth to the committees and this House in terms of oversight. When that time comes, I hope we will also revisit the time allocated to the leadership of this House. In any one debate or Motion and I ... view
• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Having said that, there is only one minor matter that concerns me as I said and this relates to Article 108 of the Constitution. Article 108 in keeping with Article 1 and Article 4 of the Constitution that recognises Kenya as a multiparty democracy, recognises that at any one time in Parliament there will be the majority and the minority. Therefore, in Article 108, it recognises the party leaders. Article 108 (1) states thus: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: “(1) There shall be a leader of the majority party and a leader of the minority view
• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: party. view
• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: (2) The leader of the majority party shall be the person who is the leader in the view
• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: National Assembly of the largest party or coalition of parties. view
• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: (3) The leader of the minority party shall be the person who is the leader in the view